subdued
adjective
quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled.
half-subdued
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a word derived from
subdued.
Example Sentences
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Here are the bounds, more than once infringed by the half-subdued nomads, and there was every reason to believe that Omsk was already in danger.
From Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar by Jules Verne
The Shah retreated upon Lahor; and the disordered state of the Doab began to be reflected in the only half-subdued conquests of the Viceroy of Audh in Rohilkand.
From Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan by H. G. (Henry George) Keene
A throng of half-subdued grievances choked in her: she wanted to burst into sobs like a child.
From The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton
The people broke into a loud cheer after their breathless silence, and it roused the already half-subdued lion.
From My Young Alcides by Charlotte Mary Yonge
She liked him better than the ordinary mute, half-effaced, half-subdued man she usually knew him to be.
From The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
